Sheet-delivery device for printing-presses.



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APPLIOATION FILED EEB. 2o, 19;'4.

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4 a..- 1. PBNNER. SHEET DELIVERYv DEVICE FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

Patented June 9;"1914,

APPLICATION EILED FEB. 20, 1914.

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SHEET DELIVERY DEVICE EEEEEINTING PRESSES APPLICATION FILED YEB.20,1914.

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Patented June 9, 1914 y @SHEETS QR? m G. P. PENNER. y SHEET DELIVERYDEVIGEFOR PRINTING PRESSES.

'APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1914.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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E'. E. FENNER.

SHEET DELIVERY DEVICE FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

M v APPLIATIN FILED TEIL 20, 1914. i li D Eatented June 9, 19M.

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G. P. FENNER.

SHEET DELIVERY DEVICE EUR PRINTING PRESSES. APPLICATION Plum P1313. 2o,1914.

Eatellted June 9, 19M.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onric'n;

.t- .l GEORGE I'. FENNERLQF NEW LONDON., CONNECTICUT.

SHEET-DELIVERY DEVICE ron PRINTING-ranssns.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

application filed rebruaryfzo, 1914. saranno. 319,872.'

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be 'it known that I, GEORGE a citizen of the United States, andaresident of New London, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Sheet-Delivery'Device :tor Printin '-Presses, of which the following isa speci cation.

My invention relates to a mechanism fori delivering'sheets from the.impression cylinder of a printing press upon a deliveryf board, eitherprinted side up or printed side down. Devices have been in' usel for.delivering `the sheets printed side up; and others have been in use fordelivering printed side down; but my present invention embodiesa deviceJby which either of these operations may be performed on the same pressas requirements demand.l

The principal object of my invention is to provide a combined deliveryin which all of the principal advantages of the most approved printedside up,- as well as printed,

side down devices may be retained and utilized.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined arrangement inwhich the change from one kind f delivery to the other may be effectedin a simple and eiicient manner and with the aid of means which aremechanically eiiicient.. vAnother object of my invention is to employtapes in the printed side down or iiy the ily-lingers in elevation, Fig.5 is adiadelivery device which may also be utilized to keep the sheetsupon the tapes of the printed side up delivery device.

Another object of my invention is to provide an arrangement in which thechangev from onel kind oi' delivery to the other may be .effectedwithout altering the location of Another ob'ect oitl my invention is tomake it `not only simple manner,`but to provide`an arrangement whereinthe possibility of'interference v from impro er manipulationl isavoided. Another'o ]ect of my 1nvent1on 1s to provide anarrangementwherein "the shifting of some of the parts'necessary to the change ffromv one delivery to the other will be ef# P. FENNER,

,gears possible'. 'to eifect the change from one dellvery to thejother,inaj very 'vide effective means for. stationarily holding the Afiylingers out of operative position While tlie mechanism is being used fordelivering sheets printed up. Another .object of my invention is to pro-.vide simple and effective means 'for throwing out of operation thoseparts ofthe complete mechanism which do 'not take part in .theoperations during the delivery of` the sheets 'printed side up orprinted side down. Another object of my invention is to make `the tapesof the fly device reversible in their .operation so that they may beutilized when either form of delivery is in operation. Another object isto make the reversal of ,these tapes effective automatically as theshift is made in the parts from one 'form of -delivery to the other. fAnother objectief myv invention is`to 'arrange for the shifting 'of theposition of the tapes of the delivery devices, from either side ofthemachine. t

Other advantagesderived from my invention will be set forth inthe-detailed description hereinafter. f r

plication," Figure lis a plan view of the invention as applied to a Hatbed' Vprinting press, Fig. 2 is a similar view, on an enlarged scale,with parts broken away to show other..

parts lying below them, Fig. 3 is a side` v elevation, Fig. 4 isasectional view, showing the principal parts of the tape devices andgrammatic View, showing. the arrangement of theV tapes, Fig. 6 'is anend view of the Vsheet'delivery devices, looking at the left hand en doff Fig.A 3, Fig. 7 is an enlarged elevation of that branch of themechanism it .shows the -partsin position to operatev for printedsidejdown-delivery, Fig, Sis a View, looking at thelejt hand end oi Fig.7, Fig, 9l isla detail -vewof one of the clutches for -controlling- 'thetape shafts, Fig. l0 is` aI which lies near the impression'cylnder; and

view similar to Fig. 7, but on a; smaller scale,

and showing the parts in position to operate 4:for printed side updelivery, Fig. 11 is a sectional view, of a similar part of the mael.chine and showing the rollers near the impression cylinder, Fig. 12 isan end view, and Fig. 13 is a plan View, of the adjustable tapetighteneis, Fig. 14 is aside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 13,Fig, 15 is an enlarged elevation of' the means for disconnecting thedrive fromhthe fly fingers. Fig.

imperative.

,I have shown the stationary frame 1 of a.

flat bed printing press of ordinary construction, having standards 2 forsupporting the 'impressioncylinder 3; and the standards 4 for supportingthe sheet deliveryA mechanisms. It is to be understood that the press l5may be of any ordinary or special construction as my present inventionnecessitates' no changes in the construction of the press proper. Theprinted sheets are received from the impression cylinder lirst upon thezoguide'fingers 5 from which they pass between the cutter rollers 6, 7,driven in the -usual manner; and from these the sheets pass onto thesheet delivery device to be delivered either printed side up or printedside down, according tothe positioning of the parts hereinafterdescribed. There may be cutter rollers G, 7 arranged upon the shafts 8,9, for engaging the margins of the sheets and there may be intermediatecutter rollers 3e for engaging the middleof the sheet if clesired,according to present practice.

JThat branch of the mechanism which delivers the sheets printed side upconsis of the following: The-re. are supporting. tracksI I larv clutchdevice 31 on the shaft 25 of the 10g pulley 27 for preventing thispulley from l turning right hand, and for permitting it or rails 10, 11arranged. at each side of the press, and they extend from a point nearthe impression cylinder to and over the delivery boardv1`2'.` The tracks10 are preferably sta.- tionary; whiley the tracks 11 are stationarydur-ingthe operation of the machine, but

they may be 'racked backwardly and away.:

from the cylinder tofold in relation to the tracks 10;' for the purposeof providing easy access to the impression cylinder and asso- Vciated-parts. There is a shaft 13 journaled in the side frames of themachine, which shaft is provided with an .operating crank A 14; andgears 15 near each end of the shaft ,meshwith the rack teeth 16 on theundersidesgof the tracks 11.v This feature of a folding track is not,per se, new in the present case, as it is shown and described in my saidPatent No. 604,974. The carriage for delivering the sheets upon thedelivery board is reciprocatable along the tracks A10, 11.`

The carriage consists, primarily, of the rails 17, 18, having flangedwheels 19 secured near one end and traveling on the track rails 10; andhaving other flanged wheels 20 traveling on the track rails 11. By meansof the tracks andthe wheels the carriage is supportedand guided in itsreciprocations from a position near the impression cylinder to vaposition over the delivery board. There is a shaft 21 near theimpression cylinder which has a tape pulley 22' over lwhich travel theendless tapes 23 of the printed side up device, there being a number ofthese tapes arranged side by side inthe same plane across the machined"The pulley 22 is not 70 movable with the delivery carriage althoughit-is shiftable in position, as will be later pointed out. There is ashaft 24 near the other end of the device that is,vover the carriage;and this shaft carries the pulley 25 over which the tapes 23 alsoengage. IThis pulley, 25, is also stationary as to the travel of thecarriage. The carriage itself has a lshaft 26 near its front end, whichcarries 80 another tape pulley 27 which travels with the carriage andabove the pulley 25. The tapes 23 engage around this pulley 27. There isanother shaft 28 and pulley 29 arranged near the rear end of the movablecarriage; which travel with' the carriage, and ina horizontal plane,between the planes Y of the pulleys'27 andv 25; since they are to passbetween the latter. The endless tapes 23 pass from the pulley 22 to thepulley 27, 90 this por ion forming the active or sheet holding runs ofthe` tapes; fromA the pulley 27 they pass to the pulley 29; vfrom thelatter to vthe rear stationary, pulley 25; and from the latter, rear tothe pulleyv 22; Upon g5 the hshaft 21 there is arranged a clutch device30 for permitting the pulley 22 to `turn 2 left hand in Fig. 5, and forpreventing it from turning right hand. There is a sinnto turn left hand,in Fig. 5. The pulleys 221` 27, therefore, both to the left but cannotturn to the right; but'. thev 'clutches 3) 10.5v

and 31 niaylae c'i'ective-v at diffe-rent times,

as will be made appareuat-u When themov able carriage is approachinglits rear posi. tion near 'the impression eyllinder, the sheet from theimpression cylinderis fed out be? tween the cutter rollers 6, 7, andover the pulley 22 uponthe upper run of 'the tapes 23; and duringthe'time the carriage is` moving forwardly away from the impressioncylinder the sheet is deposited full v length upon the tapes. When thecarriage is moved to the left in Figs. 3 and 4, for

the purpose of carrying a previously deposited sheet over-the deliveryboard, the pulleyA 27 lmoves away from the pulley 22; and 120:

the pulley 29 moves toward the pulley25. The separation of the pulleys27 and 22 will cause them to draw in opposite directions y upon theupper lrun of the tapes 28 ;l and the Looenlf tended in length, thesheet traveling forwardly with' the tapes. Duringthis forward movementot the carriage the pulley 29,is moving toward' thepulley 25; and',

consequently, the run 32,. of the tapes is shortening to the same extentthat lthe upper run 34 is .'being extended. The pulleys change theirrelative positions to lengthen thel upper-run of the tapes so that theseextend, when the carriage has reached its ex- Ytreme forwardposition,fromthe pulley 22 to the front end of the delivery board.

During this movement of the carriage, the sheet previously depositedupon the tapes is 'carried forwardly, therewith, and vwith thecarriage,l to a \position over the delivery board'. When the carriagevis, reversed 1n d1- rect-ion and moves backwardly toward the impressioncylinder again a different action takes place. In this movement, therearwardly moving pulley29`must extend the run 32, of the tapes and todo so must take the tapes from `another run.' Since the clutch 30 onlypermit-s the pulley 22 to turn left hand, the extensi \n of the run 32must be made by leaving the upper run stationary relative to thecarriage and by taking up part of it for the extension of the run 32.

g vIn this operation the tapes peel`oft `under the sheet which has beenpositioned over the delivery board;- and,y as `the carriagesimultaneously movesrearwardly, the sheet is 'deposited upon thedelivery board,

printed side up. During the `forward movement of the carriage a sheetfeeds through the. cutter rollers and upon the tapes and ,Y behind apreviously deposited sheet, ready to be 'carried forward to the deliveryboard.

These operations are periodically repeated so long as the printedside-up device is 1n operation. i

The clutches for controlling the shafts 21, 26 are shown in Fig. 9. Eachconsists of a disk 35 keyed to the respective shaft; and of a ring orcage 36 partially -inclosing it. The disk 35 has the ball races 37, inwhich lie the balls 38. Springs 39 acting on these balls tend to movethem intoa posit-ion which will cause them to impinge between the disk35v and4 the cage 36. A pin 40 on an extension of the cage, engagesAparts relatively to which the respective shafts revolve.` In the caseor" the clutch 3() the pin engages a handle 42; whereas the -pin of theclutch device 31 engages the rail moved along the races 37` which causesthem to impinge between the disk and the cage similar gears 44, arrangednear opposite sides of t-he machine; and upon the same shaft there is agear45. A casting 46 is held upon this shaft; and it' forms a housingfor the gear 45 and a bearing for the sliding rod 47. The upper-,end ofthis rod 47, has rack teeth 48 which mesh with t-he teeth `of gear 45;so that' when the rod is reciprocated the gear and its shaft areoscillated. .The gears 44 mesh, respectively, with similar gears 49mounted upon the studs 50. These latter gears, in turn, mesh. with therack. `teeth 5l on the under sides of the rails 17, 18, of thereciprocating carriage. From the 'above it will be 'apparent that thereciprocat-ions of the rod "47 cause the oscillation of the gears-45 and49 and through these, the reciprocation of the carriage.

In Figs. 3, 16 and 17 I have shown the device `for 'disconnecting t-hecarriage and for. holding it out of operation. The rod 47 has an openhook 109 which engages a pin on the crank arm 111, which issecured uponthe shaft 91. When the carriage is to be'thrown ut of operationthe hook109 is disengaged from the pin 110 and the rod is raised into positionto be held by a supporting device. The latter comprises a pin 112 xed inthe side frame of the press and provided with a rocking portion 113hinged at 114 in Vsuch a manner as to be movable upwardly but not belowthe horizontal. The member 113 is swung upwardly into the dottedV lineposition' of -F ig. 16 to allow the rod 47 to pass it; and nwhen thishas been done the pin 113 is lowered to the horizontal position tosupport the rod. The carriage may be moved by hand, up close to theimpression cylinder, with the rodl 47 sliding on the pin 113, until thehook 109 engages the pin. The carriage will then be iirmly held inposition while the fly delivery is in use. This forms a very convenientarrangement for positioning and locking the carriage. There is a washer115 ar- .ranged upon thepin 113.4 When it is desired to rack back thetracks 11 by operating the crank 14, .the rod 47 is first raised abovethe pin 113 in the manner just described and the rod is allowed to restupon the washer.- As the tracks and carriage are racked backwardly therod 47 rests upon the freely revolving washer., This arrangement makes1t unnecessary for a attendant I1aled=in the similar lever arms 52 whicharms 52 for rocking the levers to place the\ to hold up the rod 47during thel racking back'of the track and carriage.

The cam 90 is secured to a portion of the' crank arm 111 by means of ab0lt116, which is adjustable along the slot 117. To adjust the flydelivery for different sizesheets itis simply necessary to loosen thebolt 116, adjust the position of the cam on the shaft and tighten thebolt again. If small sheets are being printedlthe cam will be adjustedto make the fly fingers advance so-oner in relation `to' the printingoperation so that the sheet will becarried .over as soon as itisentirely over thely fingers; whereas when `larger\"-sheets are beingprinted the reverse adjustment of t-he cam is made to delay the throw ofthe fly -lingers sufliciently to allow them to receive the largersheets.

The shaft 21 which carries the forward and non-traveling tape pulley 22is jourfulcrumupon studs 53 secured lin the tracks 11. There is ahandle42-on each. of vthe shaft 21 and its pulley, in either an upper orlower position. The parts are'secured ineither of these positions bymeans of a bolt 54 passing through apertures in the rails and througheither-of the apertures in levers 52 which support the shaft 21. Whenthe pulley 22 is .placed in its higher position the bolts 54 are engagedin the higher apertures 55 to firmly hold it in position; and when thepulley is to .be placed in its lower position the bolt is removed, thepulley lowered, and the bolts are entered.

in the lower apertures ,55 to firmly hold the Pune-V in POSOn. 17V-henthe pulleyis placedin the upper position, as shown in Fig. 11, the tapes23 are in positionto receive on their upper runs 34 the sheets fedthrough the cutter rollers: Tjhis isl the case when the printed side updelivery is in operation. When the pulley 22 is placed in its lowerposition the tapes 23 will'be below the receiving position and willper/form no function in the delivery bf the sheets.\

The fly device for delivering printed sidel do-wn is arranged as follows:-The fly fingers and operating parts are preferably mounted on thestationary parts .of the machine so that they need not\partake of thereciprocations of the carriagel Inthe upper arms of the adjustablelevers 56 there is journaled a shaft 57 which carries any de sirednumber of tape pulleys58.l There isa shaft 59 movable up and'down inafslotted journal (l0 vne`ar the rear, end.of` the device, vpreferablyover the shaft 21. This shaft 59, carries tape vpulleys 61,corresponding 'in numbers and positions`with the pulleys on the shaft57. There are endless tapes G2 engaging over the pulleys 58 and 61.These tapes lie above the tapes 23. They serve to .receive the printedsheets from the cutter shaft 59.

rollers when the device is' operated to deliver printed side down; andthey coperate in this respect with the liy fingers, the latter beingadapted to take the sheets from the tapes, as will appear. The tapes 62,in addition to serving as part ofthe fly, co'v operate with the tapes 23of the printed side down delivery to prevent the sheets from blowing upfrom the latter tapes.

There 'is a large gear 63 on the impression cylinder', which drives anintermediate gear.

frietionally by the lower rollers 7 The gear also drives a gear v67mounted uponla shaft 68 in the bracket G9. This latter gear is adaptedto drive the tapes 62 when the printed side vdown delivery is inoperation; but when 'the printed side up delivery is `in operationethesetapes are driven 1n a reversedirection. llVhenl the shaft 59 is 1n itslower `\-.positi'on the gears 70 carried thereon are in" mesh with thegears 67 and are driven bythem. At such times the tapes 62 are operatedso that their upper runs travel au -y from the impression cylinder inthe direction necessary to carry away the sheets. At such' times, theshaft 21 is idle because the `carriage is not then driven.

dien the shaft. 21 is in its higher position, as when the printed sideup delivery is in operation, the gears 70 of the shaft 59 and -the gears71 of the shaft 21v are inI mesh;

andthe gears 70 and G7 are' out of mesh. At such times, therefore, theshaft .59 is no longer driven fromY the impression cylinder, but isdriven from the shaft 21. At such times the shaft 21 is intermittentlydriven through the action of the reciprocating carriage and -theadvancing of the'tapes 23, previously described;

Frein the above it is apparent that when the printed side .down'of fly.delivery is in operation the shaft 21 and thetapes 23 remain idle; andthe shaft 59, driven from the impression cylinder, eauses the tapes 62to travel in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 7. Whentheprinted side up 4delivery is in operation the lower runs of the tap-esG2 travel tothe left` in the' drawings whereas, when the shaft 59 isoperatedv from the' impressionv cylinder, as in delivering irinted sidedown, the upper runs ofthese tapes travel to the left.` The shifting ofthe shaft 21 to alterthe position of the tape pulley 22 simultaneouslyshifts the shaftv 59 and ch anges its drive. :On the shaft 21 there arerollers 7 2. in line with rollers 73 on the `When either of thehandles`42 is operated to raise the pulley 22 from the lindividuallytaut under a`ll conditions.

underproper tension at all times. The ad' justment of the tapes 23laterally of the machine to adapt them to the dierent sheets isfacilitated by the above arrangement. Then the tapes are shifted, theyokes `105 and connected parts are simply slid along their bar 104 Atoany desiredposition.

Operation: To operate the devicefor delivering printed, side up theparts should be arranged as follows: The fly fingers 'ifi' are held inthe position shown in Figs! 3 and 4 by the bolts 80 engaging in theapertures in the fly shaft; the shaft 76 is disconnected from the gear85; and the roller S9 is held olf the cam 90 by the Vaction of theeccentric on the lever 87. In this condition the fly fingers can notoperate. The tapes and their various pulleys will be positioned as shownin Figs. 8, 4, 10 and 11. The pulley 22 will be in its upper position,so that the upper runs of the tapes 23 will be in position to receivethereon the printed sheets as they come from the cutter rollers. Theshaft 59 and its pulley 61 will be in ltheir higher position, being heldup. by therollers 72, 73, which also hold the shafts 21 and 59 separatedsufficiently to space'the tapes 28,:62 to allow the sheets to passfreely between them. In this position of the shaft 59 and its pulley,the Ilower runs of the tapes 62 will lie just above the upper runs ofthe tapes 23. Inv

this position of the parts the gear .71 will operate upon the gear todrive the pulley 61 and its tapes. The latter will be so operated thattheir lower runs will travel' change to the iiy deliveryithe followingchanges will be .madez The rod '47 will be disconnected from the arm onthe main shaft and it Awill be connected with the lpin so thatA thecarriage will no longerjreciprocatejbnt will be held up. close towardthe impression ,I

cylinder. The bolt 80 will be taken out of apertures in the disk 88 and,gear 85 to cou- 'ple these .members together. The eccentric 92 will bethrown over, and removed to allow the lever 87 to be rocked by the cam90.

thehandles 42 will be operated to rock the levers 52; after which thebolt will be reentered in the lower aperture 55. This operation of thelevers 52 is to move the shaft 21 and its associated parts downwardly.The result of this is to move the tapes 23 out of the sheet'receivingposition. As'the shaft 59 follows down part waywith the shaft 21 itcomes to rest on its bearing 60, in such a position as to leave thegears 70, 71 disengaged and to place the upper runs of the from thecutter rollers. The lowering of the shaft 59 also throws the gear 70into mesh with the gear 67;` so that thevpulley 61 will be operatedvfrom the impression cylinder and in a direction reverse to its previousoperation. These various alterationsvneed not be made in the exact orderhere mentioned. The sheets will now -be received from the cutter rollersupon the upper runs of the tapes 62. Justl previous to the reception ofthe sheet upon the tapes the fly fingers are lowered by the rocking ofthe shaft 76; so that the ngers lie between 62 as shown in dottedlinesin Fig. 4. As the sheet comes upon and is carried along bythetap'es 62 it advances over the'fly ngers, traveling toward a pointabove the shaft 7 6. When the sheet is entirely over the fly fingers thelatter rock to the left, carrying the sheet therewith; and they depositit printed side down upon the delivery board. During this operation onlythe fly device is active,- as the printed side up devices, in-

respect the operation of the mechanism for either kind of delivery isjust as simple as if the devices were separately employed.

.Owing to the offset position of the fly mount the latter in a fixedposition above the carriage and to carry over and deliver the sheetswith the ily without interfering with other parts of the mechanism.Furthermore, `the offset arrangement makes it possible no t only toreceive the sheetson the fly fingers in a simple manner, but thefingersy lie par'- allel with'the delivery board as they` de'liver thesheets, as ,isL shown in dotted linesin Fig. 3. v

different deliveries are not unnecessarily machine. l y Having describedmyv invention, whatl I claimis' c5 the socket 81 and will be placedintol' the A 1.v`: In a printing the 'combination The bolt 54 will beremoved, and either of1 complicated by their combination in a singletapes 62 `into position to receive the sheets and slightly below the`upper runs of tapes cludi'ng the carriage, remain idle. In.this ffingers relative to their shaft it is possible to 'Ihe change fromzoneAvdelivery to the other Y, is veryeasily made and the devices for the` yshcctreceiving position.

With the cylinder, of a printed side up sheet v delivery deviceincluding tapes for 'receiv-v ing the sheets-from the cylinder, aprinted side down delivery device, including tapes forl receiving thesheets from the cylinder, and means whereby said tapes may be shifted tobring, the tapes of either of said delivery devices into sheet receivingposition.

2. In a printing press, the combination with the cylinder, of a printedside 'up sheet .delivery device including tapes for receivk .ingthesheets from the cylindcr,a printed .side down delivery device, includingtapes for receiving thesheets vfrom the cylinder, and means forsimultaneously shifting the tapes oit both delivery devices to bring thetapes 'of one delivery' device into sheet receiving position and tovplace the other out 4ci sheet receiving position.

3. In .a printingvpress, the combination with the'cylinder, of a printedside up sheet delivery device, including tapes for receiving thensheets, a pulley for said tapes ar-, ranged, Anear the cylinder, aprinted side down delivery device, including tapes forv receiving thesheets, a pulley for said latter i. tapes arranged near the cylinder,and meansI :tor shifting said pulleys tobring the tapes of either of`said1 sheet delivery devices into In a printing'press, the combinationwith thecylinder, of a printed side up sheet delivery device includingtapes for receivingthe sheets, a printed Aside down sheet deliverydeviceincluding tapes for receiving the sheets, .said latter tapes beingAarrangedtocope'rate with said first mentioned tapes l during theoperation of thel printed side up device, means for shifting the tapesto bring thetpes of either delivery device' into posi- .tionitowreceivethe sheets, andmeans forreversing .the direction of operation of thetapesV of the printed side down delivery de- V100." f 'K 5. In aprinting press, the combinationl with the cylinder, of a printedsidedown sheet'delivery device including tapes having upper and lower runs,and adapted to receive the ysheets upon said upper runs, a printed sideup sheet delivery device including tapes for receiving the sheets, thelower runs of said first tapes coperating with said latter tapes duringthe operation of' the printed side 'up device, means for shift-ing thetapes to brinfr'the t'apes of either delivery device into p ojion'toreceive the l sheets and means for reversing thedirection of operation'of the down device. v

` t. In. a printing press .thecombination tapes of the printed side`"with the cylinder, of .a printed sidedovvn sheet delivery "deviceincluding tapes for ,j receiving'the sheets, a printed side up'sheet ddelivery. deviceincluding tapes for receiving the sheets', said firstmentioned tapes being arranged to cooperate with said second mentionedtapes during the operation of the printed side up device, means forshiftingA the tapes to bring the tapes of either' delivery; into sheetreceiving position, means for operating said first mentioned tapes'fromsaid cylinder when they are in the sheet'receivmg `position andmeans foroperating said first tapes' from isaid second mentioned tapes when' thelatter are 1n sheet receiving position.

7. In a printing press the combination 8. In a printing press thecombination withv the cylinder, of sheet delivery devices, lncludingupper and lower tapes for receiving the sheets, a pulley for said lower`tapes,-

arranged near the cylinder, having a' shaft, rocking arms carrying saidshaft and means accessible at eitherl side of the press for rockingsai-d' arms to raise and lower said pulley.

-9. In .a printing press the combination with the cylinder, of printedside up and printed side down sheet delivery devices,

n both of which are .arranged to deliver the sheets upon the samedelivery board, each delivery device having tapes for receiving thesheets,- and means for shifting the tapes to bring the tapes of eitherdelivery device into sheet receiving position.

lOl'In a printing' press the combination with the cylinder, of a printedside up sheet delivery device including tapes, a printed and flyiingers'ior taking sheets from said latter tapes, and shifting meanswhereby the tapes` of either delivery device may be -arranged to receivethe sheets.

11. In a printing press the combination with the cylinder, ofA 'aprinted `side upy sheet delivery device including tapes and a pulleytherefor arranged near the cylinl der, a printed side. down deliverydevice including tapes, a pulley therefor near" the cylinder, Hy fingersmounted on a stationary. lshaft 'and adapted totake the sheets from saidlatter tapes, `and means for' shifting y said pulleys to' bring thetapes of either de` livery device into sheet receiving position.

V12In a printingl pressv the combination with the cylinder, of 'aprinted side up sheet delivery device including tapes and a relside downdelivery4 device including tapes carriage and adapted to take the sheetsfromj .said latter tapes, and means whereby said -tapes may be' shiftedso that the sheets may be received by the tapes of either deliverydevice.

13. In a printing press the combinations with the cylinder, of a printed`side up sheet delivery device including tapes, a tape pulley near thecylinder, and a carriage, a: printed side down' deliverydeviceincludingtapes, a tape pulley near the cylinder, and fly lingersfor taking the sheets from said; latter tapes, mounted upon astationary' shaftabove said carriage, and means Whereby said pulleys-may be shifted sp that the sheets may be received by the tapes ofeitheri 1 the tapes of either delivery device `into sheet receivingposition. 85

delivery device.

14.'In a printing press the combinationi With the cylinder, of a printedside up sheetl delivery device including tapes and a reciprocatingcarriage, a printed side down sheet delivery device including tapesadapted tov coperate With the said first tapes duringf ythe operation ofthe printed sideup deliv-i` VVery, fly lingers for taking the sheetsfrom the second-mentioned tapes, a stationary shaft arranged above saidcarriage and car-l rying said fly lingers and means whereby.v ysaidtapes may be shifted to bring the tapes '0f either delivery into 'sheet'receiving posi-i means for placing the tapes of either de- `15. In aprinting press thecombinationl. With thezcylinder, of a printed side upsheet f delivgryy device' including tapes and a reciprocating carriage,a printed side down sheet delivery device. including tapes adapted tocoperate with said first tapes during the operation of the printed sideup, delivery, fly lingers for taking the sheets from the secondmentioned tapes, mounted abovesaid carriage, means for shifting thetapes to bring the tapes of either deliverydevice into sheet receivingposition, and means for reversing the direction of operation of saidsecondA mentioned tapes.

i 16. In a printing press the combination with the'cylinder, of aprinted -side up sheet delivery device including tapes and areciprocating carriage, a printed side down sheet delivery device.including a shaft mounted above said carriage, fly'ngers carried uponsaid shaft and arranged in an offset' position in relation thereto, saidily fingers and said carriage deliveringto the same delivery board, andmeans for placing either delivery into operative relation With thecylinder.

17. In aprinting 'press the combination with the cylinder, of a printedside up sheet delivery device, including tapes and a reciprocatingcarriage, a' printed side down. l

sheet delivery device including tapes, a shaft mounted above saidcarriage, fly fingers f carried upon said shaft, arranged in an 01T- setposition in relation thereto, said fingers being adapted to take thesheets from said second mentioned tapes, and means for shifting'thetapes to place the tapes of either delivery into sheet receivingposition.

18. In a printing press4 the combination With the cylinder', of aprinted side up sheet delivery device including tapes and a recip- 75rocating carriage, a printed side down sheet delivery device includingtapes arranged above said 'first tapes, -fly lingers arranged above saidcarriage for taking the sheets from i rsaid second mentioned tapes,means for o's- 80 cillating said lingers to deliver the sheets, meansfor stationarily holding thelfly ngers above the tapes, and means v forplacing adapted to be moved forwardly away from 90 the cylinder,adelivery carriage traveling on said rails, tapes, and a pulley therefornear, the cylinder, said pulley being movable with said rear trackrails, a printed side up sheet delivery device including tapes, a pulley.therefor arranged near the cylinder and mevable With said rear trackrails, and

livery device in sheet receiving position;

20. In a printingpress the combination with the `cylinder, of a printedside up sheet delivery device including tapes and a reciprocatingcarriage, a printed side down sheet delivery device comprising tapes,and fly lingers for taking the sheets from said lat-` ter tapes, meansfor placing the tapes of either delivery into sheet receiving position,

q means for oscillating said fly fingers, and

means for adjusting the operation of the fly fingers to change themoment of their 'de- 110 livery throw.

21. In a printing press the combination With the cylinder, of a printedside down sheet delivery device, la 'printed .side up sheet deliverydevice, including tapes and'll a reciprocating carriage, and means foroperating the carriage, including a rack bar operated by a crank,operating upon a gear and adapted `to be rocked, and means forsupporting the bar when disconnected from its crank, including a movablemember adapted to be raised to permit said bar to pass and adapted tosupport said bar when lowered. i

22. In a printing press'the combination 125 i with the cylinder, of aprinted side down sheet delivery device, a printed side up sheetdelivery device, including tapes and a re-A y iprocating carriage, andmeans for opervatadapted to rest so that the bar may slide 10 ing vthecarriage, including a rack bar opupon its support.

v@rated by a crank, and operating a gear, and g Signed at New London, n'the county of adapted to be oeked, a'nd means for sup- New London andState of Connecticut, l(his porting the bar when disconnected from its f18th day of February7 1914.

crank, including a. movable member adapted GEORGE P. FENNER.

to be raised to permit said bar to pass and@y Witnesses: adapted tosupport said bal' When lowered, F GEO. H. LISTARE,

. i and a revoluble collar'on which said bar isi ANNA O. RASMUSSEN.

